“Berlin Process” – Gentiloni attends the Western Balkans Summit 2015
Minister Paolo Gentiloni is taking part in the Western Balkans Summit taking place in Vienna today, 27 August 2015. This is the second summit in the “Berlin Process” that began one year ago with the Western Balkans Conference of August 2014. Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers and Economic Development Ministers of the 6 western Balkan […]
Read moreDEI: Principality of Monaco: extending out to sea with a project starting in 2016
The Principality of Monaca is extending out to sea. The Minister of State, Michel Roger, has signed a concession contract with “‘SAM l’Anse du Portier’” for a project to build the extension in the Portier area underneath the casino. The expected start date is late 2016, subject to approval by Monaco’s National Council. The extension […]
Read moreItaly-Afghanistan – work on Herat bypass starting soon
Afghan infrastructure will benefit from a new Italian input thanks to the efforts of the Farnesina. A contract was signed today by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Works and the company that won the tender to build the first lot (20.4 kilometres) of the Herat bypass. funded by Italy, the project is of strategic importance to […]
Read moreKyoto – Renaissance music for Leonardo exhibition
Lute player Angelo Marchese will join flautist Manuel Staropoli and soprano Rina Hayama in a performance of Renaissance music in tandem with the opening of an exhibition in Kyoto entitled “Leonardo da Vinci and the Battle of Anghiari – the Mystery of the Tavola Doria”. The event has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute. […]
Read moreFlorence – The heart of Egyptology for a week
The world’s most renowned Egyptologists will meet for the 11th international conference in Florence. Speakers at the 11th edition of the conference are to include Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Cairo Paolo Sabbatini who, on 28 August, will speak before a plenary session on “Egyptology and diplomacy: Italians and the creation of great […]
Read moreBrussels – Lauches “all’Italiano” at the cartoon festival
The Brussels cartoon festival will feature laughs “all’Italiano” as Italy participates for the first time, from 4 to 6 September, in the Fete de la Bd/Strip-feest thanks to collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute and Lucca Comics & Games. Read more, in Italian.
Read morePeru – Italian design showcased in Lima
The exhibition “Compasso d’Oro ADI. Il linguaggio universale del design italiano” opened in the Peruvian capital of Lima, promoted by the Farnesina, Ice and ADI (Association for Industrial Design) in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima and as one of the events for the Year of Italy in […]
Read moreSydney – Migrants and literature, Simonetta Agnello Hornby
“La scrittura dell’emigrante e dell’emigrato. Memoria e presente” is the title of a conference to be held by Italian writer Simonetta Agnello Hornby at the University of Sydney on 28 August. The event has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney in collaboration with the university as one of the writer’s appointments within the […]
Read moreNew York – ‘Happenchance: the Allies in Italy’
“Happenchance: World War II photographs, Italian campaign, 1942-45” is the title of an exhibition hosted from 1 to 29 September by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York of the photographs of Alfonso Carrara (1922-2012), Italian architect, artist, poet and photographer who worked with the American 5th Army during the Second World War. The exhibition […]
Read moreBuenos Aires – Exhibition of Italian graphics masters
Great Italian masters of the graphic arts will be the focus of an exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes of Buenos Aires. Major figures from the 16th century to the present day, such as Marcantonio Raimondi, Federico Barocci, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Salvator Rosa, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carlo Carra’, Giorgio Morandi and Giuseppe Capogrossi, […]
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